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Who goes there?
I don’t often see cloven hoof prints amongst the bird and little mammal tracks. Like snow, the sandy desert surface keeps no secrets....
kaydee777
May 15, 20191 min read
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For the birds (continued)
Why yes I do buy pure refined cane sugar. To make red dye free nectar for the hummingbirds. Thanks to the Park Ranger friend who alerted...
kaydee777
Apr 30, 20191 min read
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For the birds
The hummingbird feeder, reinstalled last week, is proving popular. Not that I ever have a camera at hand when the tiny, iridescent...
kaydee777
Apr 25, 20191 min read
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Tampering with the evidence
Cottontail feigning nonchalance when actually I’m sure she’s up to something nefarious with the neighbor’s drip irrigation system. Why...
kaydee777
Apr 25, 20191 min read
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Ancestral voices
As the desert warms into spring, the skittering and rustle of lizards lizarding accompanies my days. Speaking through the blood and...
kaydee777
Apr 19, 20191 min read
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Or not to be
After much courting, cooing, clapping of wings and collecting of sticks and twigs, the attempt at raising a family came to nought for the...
kaydee777
Apr 16, 20191 min read
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Magical realism. For real.
Little birds of the night or rather dawn’s first light. This pair of white winged doves ( Zenaida asiatica) have adopted the porches of...
kaydee777
Mar 4, 20191 min read
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Foraging
After snowpocalypse, the neighborhood bokkies are out foraging in the clear morning light, snuffling hopefully wherever the deep snow has...
kaydee777
Jan 14, 20191 min read
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Oh deer
On the Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadeloupe, (12/12) this madonna laid her newborn to rest at my front doorstep. #deer #livingwithwildlife
kaydee777
Jan 10, 20191 min read
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Check out that rack!
When I said 100 elk blocked my way to work some days , I wasn’t exaggerating . One day this past week, just outside the library, I met a...
kaydee777
Dec 9, 20181 min read
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Caught in the act
Discovered the vandals who broke my library picnic bench. Tonight I walked out into a herd of more than 100 elk having their way with the...
kaydee777
Nov 27, 20181 min read
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Little Horns
Little New Horns just hanging out at my front gate in the morning when I leave for work. #livingwithwildlife #deer #livingwithwildlife...
kaydee777
Nov 21, 20181 min read
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Ecstasy at the breakfast buffet
The early morning tree trimming service, operates sans engine noise in my neighborhood. Elk loooooove apples. Apparently. The wobbly...
kaydee777
Aug 7, 20181 min read
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Morning show
An elk family, complete with spotted fawn, troop by in the street below while I am drinking early morning tea on my balcony. I am...
kaydee777
Aug 7, 20181 min read
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Lookout
Gaining vantage point #TorC #lizard #roommates #livingwithwildlife #Chihauhauandesert
kaydee777
Jul 25, 20181 min read
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Ant control
Ant control in place at the little desert casita. #lizard #roommates #livingwithwildlife #Chihauhauandesert #TorC
kaydee777
Jul 17, 20181 min read
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Cottontail tales continued.
At the little desert casita recently, I came back from a dawn walk to find a little cottontail roommate nibbling on stray pieces. The...
kaydee777
Jul 12, 20181 min read
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Standing ground
And good morning to you too! This herp roommate at the little desert casita stood her ground with determination when I appeared on the...
kaydee777
Jun 12, 20181 min read
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Foxy little vixen
Met a foxy little apricot thief today, under the neighbour’s tree, feasting on windfall fruit. She was not terribly worried by my...
kaydee777
Jun 3, 20181 min read
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Desert roomies
If I just stick my head in this rabbitbrush and keep very still the person will go away. #rabbit #desertwildlife #livingwithwildlife...
kaydee777
May 5, 20181 min read
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